Byrne ready to stand in Birmingham

File photo dated 01/12/09 of former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne. PRESS ASSCOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday May 30, 2010. Former Treasury chief secretary Liam Byrne today apologised for the notorious letter in which he jokingly warned the new Government there was ‘no money’ left. See PA POLITICS Byrne. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire

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File photo dated 01/12/09 of former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne. PRESS ASSCOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday May 30, 2010. Former Treasury chief secretary Liam Byrne today apologised for the notorious letter in which he jokingly warned the new Government there was ‘no money’ left. See PA POLITICS Byrne. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire John Stillwell/PA

Jill ShermanWhitehall Editor

Published at 12:01AM, March 30 2012

Liam Byrne, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, will stand as mayor of Birmingham if a referendum decides in favour of creating the post

Liam Byrne, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, announced yesterday that
he would stand as mayor of Birmingham if a referendum decides in favour of
creating the post on May 3.

Mr Byrne, the MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, would have to step down from the
Shadow Cabinet and his seat if he won the party’s nomination.

The Government added to the debate by saying that the roles of elected police
commissioner and a directly elected city mayor could be combined if the same
person stood for both posts. Greg Clark, the Cities Minister, and Lord
Heseltine, who is championing